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Date "BIG-ENDIANS" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1726. (references)

Specialty Definition: BIG-ENDIANS

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LiteratureBig-endians A religious party in the empire of Lilliput, who made it a matter of conscience to break their eggs at the big end; they were looked on as heretics by the orthodox party, who broke theirs at the small end. The Big-endians are the Catholics, and the Little-endians the Protestants. Source: Brewer's Dictionary.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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